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the_ricktacular_mort t1_ivopysn wrote

Imagine if Bernie had won the primary in 2016 and then the presidency. The democratic party would be far more left than it is today. The national party would have felt constrained by a not-so-small and very vocal minority.

That's basically what the republicans are dealing with currently, on both a national and state level.

On a state level, instead of embracing and building on the staggering success of Chis Sununu, the NHGOP fights him at every turn. Keren Testerman talks like it's 1950 and Joe McCarthy is still in charge.

Given Georgia, Pennsylvania, likely Arizona, and of course Buldoc here in New Hampshire, this election turned out to be a second referendum on Trump. In almost every major race where he got involved, his candidate lost. It could be argued that he lost Republicans control of the Senate, but even if other factors were more important, he sure as hell didn't help.

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[deleted] t1_ivp02vx wrote

Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in America. Medicare for All is supported by a majority of Republican voters. If Democrats focused on kitchen table issues and dropped the woke BS like Bernie's campaign tried to do, they'd likely have a supermajority right about now. Democrats dominated American politics for 40 years when they were the party supporting expansion of the New Deal.

These corporate shills like Hassan, who want you to own nothing and be happy, are the reason Republicans even have a snowball's chance in hell of being elected. Missouri just voted to legalize cannabis. Kentucky just voted to uphold abortion rights. The GOP platform is wildly unpopular. America is not a conservative country.

The problem is, Democrats are controlled opposition and America is a flawed democracy. Opposing fascism is somewhat popular, I guess, but ~50% is weak AF compared to the 70% approval of Bernie Sanders' main policy ideas.

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StylinBill t1_ivpvvs5 wrote

“Dropped the woke BS” found another person terrified of spooky pronouns. How hard is it to let people be who they are it would affect you maybe .00005% of the time

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the_ricktacular_mort t1_ivp1byi wrote

Idk what fantasy land you're living in, but whenever you feel like returning to reality, there's an open seat.

I agree that the socially conservative aspects of the republican party are deeply unpopular, but Bernie is wayyyyy further left than most people are comfortable with.

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[deleted] t1_ivp2g4v wrote

Bernie as a private citizen is a democratic socialist. I agree, that's a lot further left than this country would support.

Bernie as a senator is a social democrat, and the policy ideas he put forth are wildly popular.

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